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)AN 3MITH 2EPORTER 3TUDENTS STAYING IN #ONSTABLE 4ERRACE RESIDENCE DURING THE %ASTER VACATION FOUND THEMSELVES SPENDING THE LAST WEEKEND OF !PRIL WITHOUT RUNNING WATER &ORCED TO DEPEND ON AN ERRAT IC SUPPLY OF BOTTLED WATER AND ON TOI LET AND WASHING FACILITIES ELSEWHERE ON THE CAMPUS MANY WERE UNHAPPY WITH THE 5NIVERSITY S RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM 4HE LOSS OF WATER AT #ONSTABLE 4ER RACE WAS CAUSED BY A BURST MAIN AND WAS l RST NOTICED ON THE EVENING OF TH !PRIL h)T WAS HORRIBLE v ONE RES IDENT TOLD #ONCRETE h) HAD JUST USED THE TOILET AND IT WOULDN T m USH v 2ESIDENTS SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED AN E MAIL FROM THE 5%! !CCOMMO DATION /Fl CE EXPLAINING THAT m OOD ING FROM THE BURST MAIN HAD FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS DELAYED REPAIRS UNTIL THE FOLLOWING -ONDAY &OR VACATION TIME RESIDENTS THIS MEANT FOUR DAYS OF LIVING IN CONDI TIONS THAT ONE DESCRIBED AS RESEM BLING THOSE hIN A RURAL DEVELOPING WORLD VILLAGE v /NE OF THE RESPONSES BY THE !C COMMODATION /Fl CE WAS TO LEAVE BOTTLES OF DRINKING WATER FOR STU DENTS AT A COMMON ROOM ENTRANCE AND IN A FOYER OF THE RESIDENCE !L
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THOUGH THEY WERE TOLD BY EMAIL TO TAKE ONLY TWO BOTTLES EACH SOME PEOPLE TOOK MANY MORE THAN THAT n PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY HADN T READ THE E MAIL n AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OTHERS RECEIVED NOTHING h) SAW THE EMAIL VERY LATE v ONE RESIDENT COMPLAINED hSO THE WATER WAS GONE WHEN ) WENT
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DOWN 4HEY SHOULD HAVE DISTRIBUTED IT TO EVERY m OOR v )N ITS DEFENCE THE !CCOMMODA TION /Fl CE POINTED OUT THAT MANY RESIDENTS WERE AWAY AT THE TIME AND LEAVING BOTTLES ON HALF EMPTY m OORS AND OUTSIDE EMPTY ROOMS WOULD HAVE BEEN WASTEFUL
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0ICKPOCKETING GANGS HAVE RECENTLY MADE AN UNWELCOME APPEARANCE AT SOME ,#2 GIGS WITH ELEVEN MOBILE PHONES BEING REPORTED STOLEN AFTER 4HE %NEMY GIG ON TH !PRIL 4HE SEEMINGLY HIGHLY ORGANISED GANGS MAY HAVE STOLEN MORE VALU ABLES IT IS THOUGHT MANY THEFTS MAY HAVE GONE UNREPORTED )NSPECTOR -ICHELLE ,ILLIE FROM THE 5NIVERSITY AND %ATON 3AFER .EIGHBOURHOODS 4EAM SAID h7E THINK THIS WAS A PRO FESSIONAL GANG WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNISTIC CRIME IT IS VERY WELL PLANNED 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT EVEN IF YOU DO FEEL SOMETHING AND CHALLENGE SOMEONE THEY WILL HAVE PASSED IT ON TO THE NEXT PERSON SO THEY WON T HAVE ANYTHING ON THEMv 7ARNINGS NOW DISPLAYED AROUND THE ,#2 SAY h0LEASE KEEP YOUR MO BILE PHONE SAFE AND SECURE n WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF THEFTS BY PICKPOCK ETS RECENTLYv 3IMILAR WARNINGS WILL ALSO BE PRINTED ON ,#2 TICKETS &INANCE /Fl CER -ARTIN *OPP SAID h5NION SECURITY AND BAR STAFF ARE AL WAYS VIGILANT AGAINST THEFT AND WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE STUDENTS AWARE OF HOW TO LOOK AFTER THEIR VALU ABLES ON A NIGHT OUT 7E CONSIDER THE ,#2 A VERY SAFE PLACE TO HAVE FUN AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT LIKE THISv ,AST YEAR A GANG OF PICKPOCKETS RE PORTEDLY FOLLOWED AN UNNAMED BAND AROUND THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO STEAL MOBILE PHONES AT THEIR GIGS 3TUDENTS SHOULD REPORT ALL SUSPECTED THEFTS AS WELL AS RINGING THEIR NETWORK PROVIDER TO CUT THE MOBILE PHONE OFF
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